Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)

Jefferson Parish had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 64 counties in 2016, at $787. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $433. The median was $539. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Map of counties, 2016

Acadia Parish: 435 USDAllen Parish: 493 USDAscension Parish: 728 USDAssumption Parish: 450 USDAvoyelles Parish: 433 USDBeauregard Parish: 500 USDBienville Parish: 500 USDBossier Parish: 692 USDCaddo Parish: 692 USDCalcasieu Parish: 604 USDCaldwell Parish: 500 USDCameron Parish: 604 USDCatahoula Parish: 500 USDClaiborne Parish: 458 USDConcordia Parish: 433 USDDe Soto Parish: 692 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 728 USDEast Carroll Parish: 446 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 728 USDEvangeline Parish: 433 USDFranklin Parish: 433 USDGrant Parish: 580 USDIberia Parish: 529 USDIberville Parish: 474 USDJackson Parish: 433 USDJefferson Parish: 787 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 500 USDLafayette Parish: 758 USDLafourche Parish: 643 USDLaSalle Parish: 433 USDLincoln Parish: 561 USDLivingston Parish: 728 USDMadison Parish: 433 USDMorehouse Parish: 454 USDNatchitoches Parish: 491 USDOrleans Parish: 787 USDOuachita Parish: 565 USDPlaquemines Parish: 787 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 728 USDRapides Parish: 580 USDRed River Parish: 437 USDRichland Parish: 433 USDSabine Parish: 500 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 787 USDSt. Charles Parish: 787 USDSt. Helena Parish: 728 USDSt. James Parish: 500 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 787 USDSt. Landry Parish: 448 USDSt. Martin Parish: 758 USDSt. Mary Parish: 488 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 787 USDTangipahoa Parish: 625 USDTensas Parish: 433 USDTerrebonne Parish: 643 USDUnion Parish: 565 USDVermilion Parish: 548 USDVernon Parish: 644 USDWashington Parish: 448 USDWebster Parish: 477 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 728 USDWest Carroll Parish: 433 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 728 USDWinn Parish: 500 USD
  • Under 440
  • 440 to 490
  • 490 to 540
  • 540 to 640
  • 640 to 730
  • 730 and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Jefferson Parish: 787 USDJefferson Parish787Orleans Parish: 787 USDOrleans Parish787Plaquemines Parish: 787 USDPlaquemines Parish787St. Bernard Parish: 787 USDSt. Bernard Parish787St. Charles Parish: 787 USDSt. Charles Parish787St. John the Baptist Parish: 787 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish787St. Tammany Parish: 787 USDSt. Tammany Parish787Lafayette Parish: 758 USDLafayette Parish758St. Martin Parish: 758 USDSt. Martin Parish758Ascension Parish: 728 USDAscension Parish728East Baton Rouge Parish: 728 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish728East Feliciana Parish: 728 USDEast Feliciana Parish728Livingston Parish: 728 USDLivingston Parish728Pointe Coupee Parish: 728 USDPointe Coupee Parish728St. Helena Parish: 728 USDSt. Helena Parish728West Baton Rouge Parish: 728 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish728West Feliciana Parish: 728 USDWest Feliciana Parish728Bossier Parish: 692 USDBossier Parish692Caddo Parish: 692 USDCaddo Parish692De Soto Parish: 692 USDDe Soto Parish692Vernon Parish: 644 USDVernon Parish644Lafourche Parish: 643 USDLafourche Parish643Terrebonne Parish: 643 USDTerrebonne Parish643Tangipahoa Parish: 625 USDTangipahoa Parish625Calcasieu Parish: 604 USDCalcasieu Parish604Cameron Parish: 604 USDCameron Parish604Grant Parish: 580 USDGrant Parish580Rapides Parish: 580 USDRapides Parish580Ouachita Parish: 565 USDOuachita Parish565Union Parish: 565 USDUnion Parish565Lincoln Parish: 561 USDLincoln Parish561Vermilion Parish: 548 USDVermilion Parish548Iberia Parish: 529 USDIberia Parish529Beauregard Parish: 500 USDBeauregard Parish500Bienville Parish: 500 USDBienville Parish500Caldwell Parish: 500 USDCaldwell Parish500Catahoula Parish: 500 USDCatahoula Parish500Jefferson Davis Parish: 500 USDJefferson Davis Parish500Sabine Parish: 500 USDSabine Parish500St. James Parish: 500 USDSt. James Parish500Jefferson Parish: 787 USDJefferson Parish787Orleans Parish: 787 USDOrleans Parish787Plaquemines Parish: 787 USDPlaquemines Parish787St. Bernard Parish: 787 USDSt. Bernard Parish787St. Charles Parish: 787 USDSt. Charles Parish787St. John the Baptist Parish: 787 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish787St. Tammany Parish: 787 USDSt. Tammany Parish787Lafayette Parish: 758 USDLafayette Parish758St. Martin Parish: 758 USDSt. Martin Parish758Ascension Parish: 728 USDAscension Parish728East Baton Rouge Parish: 728 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish728East Feliciana Parish: 728 USDEast Feliciana Parish728Livingston Parish: 728 USDLivingston Parish728Pointe Coupee Parish: 728 USDPointe Coupee Parish728St. Helena Parish: 728 USDSt. Helena Parish728West Baton Rouge Parish: 728 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish728West Feliciana Parish: 728 USDWest Feliciana Parish728Bossier Parish: 692 USDBossier Parish692Caddo Parish: 692 USDCaddo Parish692De Soto Parish: 692 USDDe Soto Parish692Vernon Parish: 644 USDVernon Parish644Lafourche Parish: 643 USDLafourche Parish643Terrebonne Parish: 643 USDTerrebonne Parish643Tangipahoa Parish: 625 USDTangipahoa Parish625Calcasieu Parish: 604 USDCalcasieu Parish604Cameron Parish: 604 USDCameron Parish604Grant Parish: 580 USDGrant Parish580Rapides Parish: 580 USDRapides Parish580Ouachita Parish: 565 USDOuachita Parish565Union Parish: 565 USDUnion Parish565Lincoln Parish: 561 USDLincoln Parish561Vermilion Parish: 548 USDVermilion Parish548Iberia Parish: 529 USDIberia Parish529Beauregard Parish: 500 USDBeauregard Parish500Bienville Parish: 500 USDBienville Parish500Caldwell Parish: 500 USDCaldwell Parish500Catahoula Parish: 500 USDCatahoula Parish500Jefferson Davis Parish: 500 USDJefferson Davis Parish500Sabine Parish: 500 USDSabine Parish500St. James Parish: 500 USDSt. James Parish500
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD
Change on 2015
1Jefferson Parish787+2.6%
1Orleans Parish787+2.6%
1Plaquemines Parish787+2.6%
1St. Bernard Parish787+2.6%
1St. Charles Parish787+2.6%
1St. John the Baptist Parish787+2.6%
1St. Tammany Parish787+2.6%
8Lafayette Parish758+19.2%
8St. Martin Parish758+19.2%
10Ascension Parish728+8.8%
10East Baton Rouge Parish728+8.8%
10East Feliciana Parish728+8.8%
10Livingston Parish728+8.8%
10Pointe Coupee Parish728+8.8%
10St. Helena Parish728+8.8%
10West Baton Rouge Parish728+8.8%
10West Feliciana Parish728+8.8%
18Bossier Parish692+2.2%
18Caddo Parish692+2.2%
18De Soto Parish692+2.2%
21Vernon Parish644-1.2%
22Lafourche Parish643+17.6%
22Terrebonne Parish643+17.6%
24Tangipahoa Parish625-11%
25Calcasieu Parish604+6.9%
25Cameron Parish604+6.9%
27Grant Parish580+3.8%
27Rapides Parish580+3.8%
29Ouachita Parish565+10.4%
29Union Parish565+10.4%
31Lincoln Parish561-7%
32Vermilion Parish548-1.6%
33Iberia Parish529+0.4%
34Beauregard Parish500-3.8%
34Bienville Parish500-5.5%
34Caldwell Parish500-5.5%
34Catahoula Parish500-4.6%
34Jefferson Davis Parish500-5.5%
34Sabine Parish500-2.7%
34St. James Parish500-5.5%
34Winn Parish500-5.5%
42Allen Parish493-6.1%
43Natchitoches Parish491-14.5%
44St. Mary Parish488+1.9%
45Webster Parish477-5.9%
46Iberville Parish474+2.4%
47Claiborne Parish458-13.4%
48Morehouse Parish454-3.2%
49Assumption Parish450-14.9%
50St. Landry Parish448-3.2%
50Washington Parish448-5.9%
52East Carroll Parish446-9.5%
53Red River Parish437-20.4%
54Acadia Parish435-10.7%
55Avoyelles Parish433-6.5%
55Concordia Parish433-6.5%
55Evangeline Parish433-6.5%
55Franklin Parish433-6.5%
55Jackson Parish433-13.4%
55LaSalle Parish433-8.3%
55Madison Parish433-6.5%
55Richland Parish433-6.5%
55Tensas Parish433-6.5%
55West Carroll Parish433-6.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Jefferson Parish, with $787 in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

West Carroll Parish, with $433 in 2016.

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